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GitHub list endpoints return only the first 30 items by default · id PC-014 · checked_on 2026-10-31 · license CC-BY-4.0

Error strings

Situation

You list issues, repositories or other items from the GitHub REST API.

Symptom

You get exactly 30 items although there are many more.

Cause

Most list endpoints are paginated, and only the first page is returned unless you ask for more.

Fix

Read the link header and follow rel="next" until it is gone. Use per_page where the endpoint supports it.

Snippet

curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues?per_page=100" | grep -i "^link"

Verify

Follow rel="next" until the link header has no next entry. Count the items you collected.

Source

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api

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